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Chair Cover Fitting Guide - Introduction

Chair Cover Shapes

No two chairs are alike. It is a common misconception to think that all banqueting chairs are alike. In practice there are many manufacturers and many styles and sizes of chairs. This presents a challenge when it comes to hiring chair covers.

It is essential that you try on the chair cover before you commit to hire it for your event. Most reputable hire companies will charge you a refundable small deposit to get a single chair cover or two or three chair covers for fitting purposes. Sometimes the company that you are hiring or buying the chair covers from will know the particular chair you are trying to fit and will have a chair cover from their standard range that they know will fit it. They may even have a chair cover that will specifically fit your chair. In this case the best thing is to email the company a picture of your chair cover and if poissible the manufacture's name and the model number of the chair. Your venue should be able to assist with this information. This will help with getting the right sample sent to you but it is still vital to get thant sample rather than wait until the night before the event to discover that your chair cover doesn't fit.

Key Chair Cover Shape Elements Affecting Fit

The main elements of a chair that affect the fit of a chair cover (apart of course from the size) are the shape of the back and the shape of the chair seat. Chair backs are usually eiher generally square /rectangular with top corners that are right-angled or sometimes rounded. The chairs below show a round back chair on the laft that would take a round back chair cover while the square back chair on the right with rounded top corners would take a square back style chair cover.

Another factor of the back design that will affect the fit of a chair cover on a square back style chair is the 'taper'. The taper describes the relative width of the back at the top and the bottom. When a chair is wider at the top htan the bottom it can be difficult to get the chair cover over the top and still have it tight fitting lower down. A well designed chair cover should hawever help you avoid this problem.

The shape of the seat is another factor that will affect the fit of the chair cover. Some seats are square in shape while others are more round. Again - the design of the chair cover will need to accomodate this.